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East Surrey FHS Virtual Fair is on Sat 25 Jan with morning and afternoon sessions (GMT). It is free with a good range of societies participating and we will be there in a GENUKI room. So if you want to see some of us or have any questions please go to the link, sign up for the zoom meeting and join us.

King's Marsh

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"KINGSMARSH, a liberty (extra-parochial), in the higher division of the hundred of BROXTON, county palatine of CHESTER, 5½ miles (N. W.) from Malpas, containing 46 inhabitants." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831) ©Mel Lockie]

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  • King's Marsh was an extra-parochial place in Broxton hundred (SJ 4254), which became a civil parish in 1858.
  • It included the hamlet of Rowley Hill.
  • The population was 40 in 1801, 91 in 1851, 65 in 1901, 56 in 1951, and 30 in 2001.
  • In 2015 the civil parish was abolished and incorporated into Farndon.
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Civil Registration

  • Great Boughton (1837-69)
  • Chester (1871-1937)
  • West Cheshire (1937-74)
  • Chester & Ellesmere Port (1974-98)
  • Cheshire West (1998-2007)
  • Cheshire (2007-09)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)
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Court Records

  • Broxton (1828-1974)
  • Chester (1974-2001)
  • Chester, Ellesmere Port & Neston (2001-12)
  • West Cheshire (2012-15)
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Description & Travel

You can see pictures of King's Marsh which are provided by:

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

  • 1888 March 24 — Lost a detached part of King's Marsh (31 acres, pop. 0 in 1891).
  • 2015 April 1 — Abolished and incorporated into Farndon.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ430547 (Lat/Lon: 53.086494, -2.851939), King's Marsh which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • Tarvin Rural Sanitary District (1875-94)
  • Tarvin Rural District (1894-1974)
  • Chester (1974-2009)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (2009-15)
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Great Boughton (1837-71)
  • Tarvin (1871-1930).
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Voting Registers

  • South Cheshire (1832-67)
  • West Cheshire (1868-85)
  • Eddisbury (1885-1948)
  • Northwich (1949-54)
  • Nantwich (1955-74)